You may see people with smudges on their forehead today. This is a heavily concentrated Catholic area, so it’s pretty common to see it.Today is Ash Wednesday – the beginning of Lent – a period of 40 days of penance, reflection and abstinence, not including Sundays, leadin…

A very good friend of mine has been living in New Orleans since leaving Buffalo about 30 years ago. He is a movie set designer and builder so it makes a lot of sense that he is based out of New Orleans. Many big movies have been filmed there...

The big Buffalo Polish tradition of "Fat Tuesday" is coming up Tue. March 8th. Time to eat a Paczki and get ready for the beginning of Lent. Ash Wednesday is March 9th. So what are you giving up for Lent?